Senior Level Principal Designer Jobs
Senior level principal designer jobs place experienced designers in charge of product vision, systems thinking, and the cross-functional work that turns strategy into shipped experiences. Openings concentrate in Technology & Software, Consulting & Professional Services, and Retail, with most roles offering remote or hybrid arrangements and employers like CHA Consulting, BetterUp, and Collabera hiring at this level now.
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Innovate in Charlotte
Thank you for dedicating your time and talent to Lowe’s. We want to give you more opportunities to learn and grow, so if you find a position you’re interested in below, we encourage you to apply!
Your Impact
As a Principal Product Designer you will lead the overall design process for highly complex, cross-functional requirements for our mobile apps while ensuring consistency in design across the company. This includes leading the development of innovative design solutions and resolving design deficiencies across multiple projects and project teams spanning a wide range of design domains and business areas. This role drives consistency in design decisions and standards across projects while ensuring that the team delivers high-quality design maps, user journeys, wireframes, supporting visuals, prototypes, and pixel perfect design comps. In addition, this role provides consultation to help ensure product design solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices. The Principal Product Designer works with designers, engineers, and content developers to lead the delivery of design projects in a timely and efficient manner and often provides creative approval of work completed by others on the design team.
Shape the future of Retail Tech
As a Product Design leader, you’ll be able to shape the future of retail technology alongside one of Forbes Top 50 CIOs. You’ll also be leading a talented team who share your passion for innovation and excellence. Our halls are filled with brilliant minds from all walks of life who have the freedom to collaborate, explore their every curiosity, and build the future.
We have the stability you need to focus on looking to the future and bringing your team there with you. And you’ll be surrounded by peers who are visionaries in their areas – people who can collaborate with you to challenge you, help you grow, and inspire you. Here, you will be empowered to explore new solutions and spearhead groundbreaking advancements in UX/UI. You have the autonomy to lead and create, backed by a team that trusts your vision and ability.
Innovate in Charlotte
This position is based at our on-site Tech Hub in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lowe's Tech Hub is an ultramodern work environment, complete with cutting-edge technology, collaborative workspaces, an on-site barista and Zen Garden, and other perks to enhance your work experience.
What You Will Do
Drives alignment to design standards and industry best practices. Oversees the architecture and design of high-quality and engaged experiences for customers and associates.
Leads the most complex design projects that span product groups or portfolios; owns overall design decisions across multiple highly complex projects that span design domains and have significant business implications. Reviews and signs off on high-impact, high-visibility design projects.
Champions product design best practices, innovations, and trends across the organization; provides input and direction that helps the organization improve its practices; sets the standard for product design excellence. Works with product design team to ensure a consistent design experience across products, product groups, and product portfolios.
Resolves the most complex design problems at the cross-portfolio enterprise level; works to simplify, optimize, and remove bottlenecks for the product design team.
Builds and sustains key cross-functional partnerships to drive project execution and efficiency and enhance overall design quality.
Holds expert knowledge of external processes and technologies, both standard and unique to the company, including the work processes, technologies, platforms, and services of business and technology capabilities.
Coaches, directs, and approves designs for other product designers; facilitates complex design decisions among other product designers; shares an in-depth understanding of company and industry methodologies, policies, standards, and controls.
Serves as a thought leader across all aspects of design projects, providing input and advice that helps improve and optimize the designs of others on the team.
Helps shape and drive the team’s roadmap in close partnership with product and engineering leads.
Provides input into departmental budget forecasting and allocation decisions.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in interaction design, graphic design, industrial design, or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
10 years of experience in user experience design
Experience defining and enforcing product design standards
Experience building strategic cross-functional partnerships for the purpose of driving overall design capability
Preferred Skills/Experience
*We encourage you to apply even if you do not have all the preferred skills or experience. *
Deep expertise in native mobile app design, including Apple Human Interface Guidelines and Android Material Design guidelines, patterns, and platform conventions
Demonstrated experience designing native iOS and Android experiences that balance platform-specific conventions with a cohesive cross-platform product and brand experience
Ability to create high-fidelity, functioning prototypes that demonstrate native interactions, motion, transitions, and end-to-end product experiences for concept validation, usability testing, and engineering collaboration
Benefits
401k with up to 4.25% match
Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan (15% discount of strike price)
Tuition-Free Education
10-week Maternity/Parental Leave
10% Associate Discount
For information about our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.
About Lowe’s
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company with total fiscal year 2025 sales of more than $86 billion. Lowe’s employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Lowe’s is a core value S&P 500 equity stock and a dividend aristocrat. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.
Pay Range: $142,400.00 - $270,600.00 annually Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.Innovate in Charlotte
Thank you for dedicating your time and talent to Lowe’s. We want to give you more opportunities to learn and grow, so if you find a position you’re interested in below, we encourage you to apply!
Your Impact
As a Principal Product Designer you will lead the overall design process for highly complex, cross-functional requirements for our mobile apps while ensuring consistency in design across the company. This includes leading the development of innovative design solutions and resolving design deficiencies across multiple projects and project teams spanning a wide range of design domains and business areas. This role drives consistency in design decisions and standards across projects while ensuring that the team delivers high-quality design maps, user journeys, wireframes, supporting visuals, prototypes, and pixel perfect design comps. In addition, this role provides consultation to help ensure product design solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices. The Principal Product Designer works with designers, engineers, and content developers to lead the delivery of design projects in a timely and efficient manner and often provides creative approval of work completed by others on the design team.
Shape the future of Retail Tech
As a Product Design leader, you’ll be able to shape the future of retail technology alongside one of Forbes Top 50 CIOs. You’ll also be leading a talented team who share your passion for innovation and excellence. Our halls are filled with brilliant minds from all walks of life who have the freedom to collaborate, explore their every curiosity, and build the future.
We have the stability you need to focus on looking to the future and bringing your team there with you. And you’ll be surrounded by peers who are visionaries in their areas – people who can collaborate with you to challenge you, help you grow, and inspire you. Here, you will be empowered to explore new solutions and spearhead groundbreaking advancements in UX/UI. You have the autonomy to lead and create, backed by a team that trusts your vision and ability.
Innovate in Charlotte
This position is based at our on-site Tech Hub in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lowe's Tech Hub is an ultramodern work environment, complete with cutting-edge technology, collaborative workspaces, an on-site barista and Zen Garden, and other perks to enhance your work experience.
What You Will Do
Drives alignment to design standards and industry best practices. Oversees the architecture and design of high-quality and engaged experiences for customers and associates.
Leads the most complex design projects that span product groups or portfolios; owns overall design decisions across multiple highly complex projects that span design domains and have significant business implications. Reviews and signs off on high-impact, high-visibility design projects.
Champions product design best practices, innovations, and trends across the organization; provides input and direction that helps the organization improve its practices; sets the standard for product design excellence. Works with product design team to ensure a consistent design experience across products, product groups, and product portfolios.
Resolves the most complex design problems at the cross-portfolio enterprise level; works to simplify, optimize, and remove bottlenecks for the product design team.
Builds and sustains key cross-functional partnerships to drive project execution and efficiency and enhance overall design quality.
Holds expert knowledge of external processes and technologies, both standard and unique to the company, including the work processes, technologies, platforms, and services of business and technology capabilities.
Coaches, directs, and approves designs for other product designers; facilitates complex design decisions among other product designers; shares an in-depth understanding of company and industry methodologies, policies, standards, and controls.
Serves as a thought leader across all aspects of design projects, providing input and advice that helps improve and optimize the designs of others on the team.
Helps shape and drive the team’s roadmap in close partnership with product and engineering leads.
Provides input into departmental budget forecasting and allocation decisions.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in interaction design, graphic design, industrial design, or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
10 years of experience in user experience design
Experience defining and enforcing product design standards
Experience building strategic cross-functional partnerships for the purpose of driving overall design capability
Preferred Skills/Experience
*We encourage you to apply even if you do not have all the preferred skills or experience. *
Deep expertise in native mobile app design, including Apple Human Interface Guidelines and Android Material Design guidelines, patterns, and platform conventions
Demonstrated experience designing native iOS and Android experiences that balance platform-specific conventions with a cohesive cross-platform product and brand experience
Ability to create high-fidelity, functioning prototypes that demonstrate native interactions, motion, transitions, and end-to-end product experiences for concept validation, usability testing, and engineering collaboration
Benefits
401k with up to 4.25% match
Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan (15% discount of strike price)
Tuition-Free Education
10-week Maternity/Parental Leave
10% Associate Discount
For information about our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.
About Lowe’s
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company with total fiscal year 2025 sales of more than $86 billion. Lowe’s employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Lowe’s is a core value S&P 500 equity stock and a dividend aristocrat. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.
Pay Range: $142,400.00 - $270,600.00 annually Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.See All 43 Senior Level Principal Designer Jobs
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Senior Level Principal Designer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level principal designer job?
Employers at this level look for designers who own outcomes, not just deliverables. Demonstrate that you have set design direction across a product or platform, influenced roadmap decisions, and raised the quality bar for a team. A portfolio showing system-level thinking, cross-functional leadership, and measurable product impact will carry more weight than polished visuals alone.
Which companies hire senior level principal designers?
Companies hiring senior level principal designers right now include CHA Consulting, BetterUp, and Collabera, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Hiring at this level tends to concentrate in organizations with mature design functions where principal designers are expected to shape practice, not just execute projects.
Are there remote senior level principal designer jobs?
Yes, remote and hybrid availability is strong at this level. About 22% of senior level principal designer openings are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting how many organizations now hire senior design talent regardless of location. On-site roles do exist, particularly at companies building collaborative in-person design cultures.
What makes a principal designer role senior level?
Senior level principal designer roles carry broader scope and deeper ownership than mid-level positions. Expect to define design strategy for entire product areas, establish standards and systems others build on, and actively mentor or technically guide other designers. The work shifts from executing well within a defined brief to shaping what the brief should be in the first place.
Which industries hire the most senior level principal designers?
Senior Level principal designer roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Consulting & Professional Services, and Retail, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These sectors tend to invest heavily in design at the senior level because complex products and competitive markets require designers who can align experience quality with long-term business direction.